On January 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Nets made a guest to challenge the Pacers. The most talked about topic before this campaign is undoubtedly Irving's comeback and debut of the season! However, in the first quarter, a familiar face of Chinese fans stole the limelight from Irving, and he was Stephenson! As a former honor of the Pacers, Stephenson won long standing cheers from fans when he came on the scene! Amid the cheers of the fans, Stephenson scored 20 points in the first quarter and hit a three-pointer! Soon, Stephenson grabbed the first hot search in the United States!
Irving made a comeback, but didn't come up in good shape, scoring no points on 0-of-2. And when the game reached the middle of the first quarter, the scene suddenly erupted into deafening cheers! It turned out that Lance Stephenson was on the bench! The fans cheered for a long time, and many even stood up and applauded, which was a picture of the hero coming home!
In fact, Stephenson has been with the Pacers for a while, and has played two games for the team before, scoring 6 and 5 points respectively, and his performance is not satisfactory. But the difference is that this is the first time Stephenson has returned to play at home in Indiana, and since the 17-18 season, after nearly 4 years, the master and brother are back!
And Stephenson didn't disappoint the fans. As soon as he came up, he scored a three-point shot on the outside, and the fans stood up and cheered again, and the home stadium suddenly turned into a sea of joy. After that, Stephenson hit two consecutive hits, and then forced the inside to score a layup! On 4-of-4, Stephenson completely ignited the Pacers' home passion.
Although Stephenson later conceded a three-pointer, at the end of the first quarter, Stephenson again shot a dry three-pointer from the outside! The Pacers players also trusted Stephenson and made him the team's number one star during this time. In the final moments, Stephenson scored another whistle-throw in the face of defense! The teammates were so excited that they even played the guitar! In the first quarter, Stephenson scored 20 points. He himself was very excited, swinging his fists and roaring into the sky! I don't know at this time, Liaoning fans are dumbfounded!